Mt. Pleasant officer arrested for DUI

Saturday

Sgt. Mark Billions with the Mt. Pleasant Police Department was arrested and charged with driving under the influence by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, according to records from the Maury County Sheriff’s Department.

According to the county’s booking office, Billions was pulled over near downtown Columbia at the intersection of West 7th and Trotwood Avenue.

Records show he was arrested at 11:48 p.m. Friday and then released at 3 a.m. Saturday morning on a $1,000 bond.

The county’s magistrate signed the bond, according to county booking.

Mt. Pleasant Police Chief Michael Hay confirmed that Billions was arrested, but the chief was unavailable for comment.

Billions has served the Mt. Pleasant Police Department for the past five years, at least.

He was involved in several local high-profile cases including the 2015 arrest of an alleged Mt. Pleasant marijuana grower and dealer who was armed with thousands of rounds of ammunition.

According to an incident report from the Maury County Sheriff’s Department, Billions was also involved in the 2017 arrest of a Mt. Pleasant man who shot at Maury County Deputies while hunkered inside his bedroom after refusing to comply with law enforcement.

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